Installing VS Code text editor

For this chapter, and throughout the book, we will be using Visual Studio Code (VS Code), a free and highly configurable multiplatform text editor. It is also very useful for working with projects in Angular and TypeScript.

Install VS Code as follows:

1. Go to the download page and choose your platform at https://code.visualstudio.com/Download.
2. Follow the installation steps for your platform.

VS Code has a vibrant community with tons of extensions. You can research and find extensions at https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/VSCode. In the next chapters, we will install and use some of them.

For now, just install VS Code icons from https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=robertohuertasm.vscode-icons.